GSP, Cris Cyborg, Nate Marquardt and More MMA Stars Tapped for 2009 ADCC Tournament
(Highlights from the 2007 ADCC tourney. For part 2, click here.)
The ultra-prestigious invitation-only Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championships — which takes place every two years — kicks off September 26th in Barcelona, with a host of familiar names in the brackets. Read on to see who will be battling for the biggest bragging rights in the grappling world during the upcoming 2009 edition. Props to Fightlinker and Japan MMA for the tips...
Female -60kg:
Kyra Gracie, Brazil (2007 women's -59kg winner)
Sayaka Shioda, Japan (2007 women's -55kg winner)
Megumi Fujii, Japan
Michelle Tavares, Brazil
Laurence Cousin, France
Ina Steffensen, Denmark
Hillary Williams, USA
Luanna Alzuguir, Brazil
Female 60kg+:
Hannette Staack, USA (2007 women's Absolute and -67kg winner)
Penny Thomas, USA (2007 women's 67kg+ winner)
Hitomi Hiraiwa, Japan
Rosângela Conceição, Brazil
Ida Hansson, Sweden
Shanti Abelha, Denmark
Lana Stephanac, USA
Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos, Brazil
Male -65.9kg:
Rani Yahya, Brazil (2007 men's -65kg winner)
Jeff Curran, USA
Justin Rader, USA
Leo Vieira, Brazil
Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura, Japan
Jeff Glover, USA
Baret Yoshida, USA
Rubens Charles Maciel, Brazil
Jayson Patino, USA
David Marinakis, Australia
Ryan Hall, USA
Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas, Finland
Nicolas Renier, France
Rafael Mendes, Brazil
Kohei Yasumi, Japan
Male -76.9kg:
Marcelo Garcia, Brazil (2007 men's -76kg winner; Garcia also won the -76kg class in 2003 and 2005, and placed 2nd in the 2007 Absolute bracket.)
Ben Askren, USA
Bill Cooper, USA
Milton Vieira, Brazil
Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Japan
Georges St. Pierre, Canada
Pablo Popovich, USA
Kron Gracie, USA
Enrico Cocco, USA
Rodney Ellis, Australia
Don Ortega, USA
Toni Linden, Finland
Marcelo Azevedo, Brazil
Murilo Santana, Brazil
Keita Nakamura, Japan
Male -87.9kg:
Demian Maia, Brazil (2007 men's -87kg winner; will he get a chance to avenge his loss to Nate Marquardt?)
Gunnar Nelson, Iceland
Tarsis Humphreys, Brazil
Rousimar Palhares, Brazil
Braulio Estima, UK
Nate Marquadt, USA
Mike van Arsdale, USA
Daniel Tabera, Spain
Rafael Lovato Jr.
Chris Weidman, USA
Igor Praporshchikov, Australia
Jason Selva, USA
Trond Saksenvik, Norway
Andre Galvao, Brazil
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Japan
Kassim Annan, France
Male -98.9kg:
Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro, USA (2007 men's -98kg winner)
Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz, Brazil
Renato Sobral, Brazil
Vesa Vuori, Finland
Vinicius Magalhães, Brazil
Dean Lister, USA
Roberto Abreu, USA
Ricardo Arona, Brazil
Gerardi Rinaldi, USA
Anthony Perosh, Australia
Rafael Davies, USA
Andreas Olsen, Norway
Radek Turek, Poland
Glover Teixeira, Brazil
Yukiya Naito, Japan
Male 99kg+:
Fabricio Werdum, Brazil (2007 men's 99kg+ winner)
Jeff Monson, USA
Tom Erikson, USA
Jon Olav Einemo, Norway
Rogent Lloret, Spain
Saulo Ribeiro, USA
Dennis Roberts, Australia
Asa Fuller, USA
Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen, Finland
Tomasz Janiszewski, Poland
Antoine Jaoude, Brazil
Kouji Kanechika, Japan
Tom DeBlass, USA
Note: The tournament will also feature Absolute (open-weight) divisions in the men's and women's categories, as well as a "superfight" between Roger Gracie (2005 Absolute winner) and Robert Drysdale (2007 Absolute winner).
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Peppermint Nightmare Says:
All I can say is awesome.
UncleSamsMisgui... Says:
Will this be televised? Forgive me if it says in the article I just skimmed through it.
Redmoose Says:
It's crazy, my sister in law's brothers best friend is competing in this. He is gonna win.
El Famous Burrito Says:
Gunnar Nelson? Awesome! Will he finally get to avenge his loss to Kip Winger?
phantom151 Says:
where are we gonna be able to check the event out. PPV ESPN ECT. ???
ubidoob Says:
Is this televised? Damn, it would be very excellent to watch these match-ups go down...
-Tony
UncleSamsMisgui... Says:
HDNET??
RJeezy Says:
GSP's gonna get haped if he faces Marcelo or Kron :(
El Famous Burrito Says:
Your sister-in-law's brother's best friend is Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen?
Of the Jämsänkoski Pietiläinens?
Dude! We're practically brothers!
One Two Says:
everyone who reads this should E-mail HDnet and demand they televise it.
Bill C. Says:
Wow! This is an incredible lineup. Should be an excellent ADCC this year. When will Fedor or Nog finally get invited???
mondooh Says:
Met Jeff anarchist/snowman Monson this weekend at the US opens at the LA mma expo, nice dude he whooped ass all day long. But I gotta give the heavyweight to my grap and bjj teacher and mentor Fabricio Werdum. Watch the werdum vs monson grap match from the last one good match & world class grap man.
Mike Milbury Says:
@Redmoose: Which person? Just so we can trace back to you in case you go all CAPLOCKS HAL or Tuf-Guy on us.
eelcozy Says:
Awesome! GSP should be interesting as hell. And please make Maia/Marquardt happen!!
manutdfan Says:
Kyra Gracie
Penny Thomas
Leo Vieira
Kron Gracie
Demian Maia
Vinicius Magalhães
Saulo Ribeiro
Roger Gracie
yerdoneson Says:
not that I'm a huge fan, but is there a reason that B.J. Penn didn't get the invite? I realize that he is right in the middle of the 65kg and 75 kg divisions, but I would think that he could squeeze in there somehow.
Also, I didn't realize that Marquardt was at that level in terms of grappling.
Koeikan Says:
I hope Maia gets a chance to choke the shit out of Marquardt.
I'm hoping for a flying triangle.
MGalactic Says:
You're title is correct. Cyborg, Marquardt and GSP will all tap. GSP won't make it past the first round. I am a fan of his, but straight grappling is not his bread and butter.
MGalactic Says:
I am very excited to see how Ben Askren performs.
The Clinch Says:
Let's go Hillary Williams!
Hillary is basically a BJJ prodigy from my home state, Arkansas. Last I'd heard she's doing open mat no-Gi lessons at the same place Roli Delgado and Mike Wessel train, I could be wrong.
Good gawd she has some intense competition, Kyra AND Megumi. Megumi is a killer.
One Two Says:
wheres Jacare?
KidDinomite Says:
Yeah no Jacare Souza? He's one of the best BJJ practitioners today.
Is this an all grappling tournament? Are strikes allowed?
Under Banga Says:
Hey thanks to the person who put that clip together I enjoyed it .
Dubbs Says:
I don't see Frank Dux, Ray Jackson or Chong Li, what gives?
Dubbs Says:
@EFB
Gunnar Nelson would destroy Kip Winger
LockDown Says:
Hey... those countries... are related to the qualifying right? If it's not there are a ton of mistakes in there.
Keyser Soze Says:
I'm not entirely convinced that GSP will tap or get "haped".
Granted that some of his competitors may or may not have better BJJ, GSP's proven time and time again that his grappling is first rate, and among the best in the world in his weight class.
GSP's a legitimate black belt in ju jitsu and without the worry of a fluke Serra-like shot in the head, he might very well surprise a lot of doubters.
I'm not saying he will win his weight class, but he's not easy to take down and is very composed the odd occasion it actually does happen. He's faced some topnotch wrestlers with distinguished pedigrees and fared quite well, doing the dominating rather than receiving.
I'd be willing to say, he has a decent shot rather than the "no-chance" outcome that some posters are so eager to dump on him.
schnetzler Says:
@ The Clinch
"Let's go Hillary Williams!"
I've seen her at some no-gi tournaments here in Mississippi. Totally dominated some of the guys. She's a mean chick. That being said, you're right...it's going to be tough with Kyra and Megumi in her division.
Komodo Says:
:bulb:
RPS13 Says:
GSP vs Marcelo Garcia? yes please
Sneaky Pete Says:
I need to see this and I'll be extremely pissed if it's on HDNET since my cable company dropped it a few months ago.
:(
yerdoneson Says:
@ben
i heard that fedor and mousasi aren't going because M-1 was not allowed to co-promote
mmaice Says:
What are you talking about? Gunnar Nelson has never lost a fight against Kip Winger.